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BILLY DEAN MCDOUGAL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 29, 1947 – March 19, 1968
Service recordBilly Dean McDougal, of Winton, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 35
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Winton, California (Merced County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1968; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
He died in Long An Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 35
- FREDERICK LYLE KRUGERLance Corporal · March 19, 1968
- EDWARD LEE MILUSSpecialist Four · March 19, 1968
- VICTOR ROMEROChief Master Sergeant · March 19, 1968
- WOODROW WILSONSergeant First Class · March 19, 1968
From Winton
- RAYMOND HOWARD TIGHECorporal · May 19, 1967
- JAMES JOHN STROBLECorporal · November 9, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.